scott shaffer spoke with mayor quan earlier. >> mayor, welcome. >> thank you very much and happy new year. >> thank you very much. well, your term, you're about a year into it now. >> almost a year, almost exactly a year. >> it began with great promise and hope and it's been a tough year, a tumultuous year. i want to talk about something that happened this week, the budget. the city is about to lose $28 million in redevelopment money. there was a kind of raucous city council meeting wednesday night when you rolled out how you're going to balance the budget. there was a lot of anger at that meeting. i'm wondering, do you think the anger at these cuts is justified? >> it is always hard, and particularly the oakland employees have given up so much. as you know, i actually think we still have great promise. it's been a very tough year. and yes, when you're a new mayor there's a lot of optimism. and i face a lot of challenges. but even then when i became mayor i had a $58 million deficit. i had more reserves. and we worked really hard with our employees at the beginning of the year. we go